Editing Marrakesh (section)

===Mellah===
[[File:Lazama Jewish Synagogue - Mellah - Hay Essalam - Marrakech, Morocco (8138997209).jpg|thumb|Interior of the [[Slat al-Azama Synagogue]]]]
The [[Mellah of Marrakesh]] is the old Jewish Quarter (''[[Mellah]]'') of the city, and is located in the kasbah area of the city's medina, east of Place des Ferblantiers. It was created in 1558 by the Saadians at the site where the sultan's stables were.{{sfn|Gottreich|2003|p=287}} At the time, the Jewish community consisted of a large portion of the city's tailors, metalworkers, bankers, jewelers, and sugar traders. During the 16th century, the Mellah had its own fountains, gardens, synagogues and souks. Until the arrival of the French in 1912, Jews could not own property outside of the Mellah; all growth was consequently contained within the limits of the neighborhood, resulting in narrow streets, small shops and higher residential buildings. The Mellah, today reconfigured as a mainly residential zone renamed Hay Essalam, currently occupies an area smaller than its historic limits and has an almost entirely Muslim population. The [[Slat al-Azama Synagogue]] (or Lazama Synagogue), built around a central courtyard, is in the Mellah.<ref name="Larson2012">{{cite news|url=http://www.thejewishweek.com/travel/vacations/marrakesh_express|title=The Marrakesh Express|last=Larson|first=Hilary|date=May 8, 2012|newspaper=The Jewish Week|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517192420/http://www.thejewishweek.com/travel/vacations/marrakesh_express|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech|Jewish cemetery]] here is the largest of its kind in Morocco. Characterized by white-washed tombs and sandy graves,<ref name="Larson2012" /> the cemetery is within the Medina on land adjacent to the Mellah.<ref name="iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/morocco/marrakech.html|title=Marrakech|date=16 February 2010|publisher=International Jewish Cemetery Project|access-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220171150/http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org/morocco/marrakech.html|archive-date=20 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the [[World Jewish Congress]] there were only 250 [[Moroccan Jews]] remaining in Marrakesh.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/MA |title=Jewish in Morocco |access-date=2021-01-12 |archive-date=2019-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402004157/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/MA |url-status=live }}</ref>